Season 1987 · Round 4

Monaco Grand Prix

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1987-05-31 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 78Lap · 259.584km
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus 1:57:54.085
Team win 9pt P1 · P10
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +33.212
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari +1:12.839
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Eddie Cheever L59 Derek Warwick L58 Stefan Johansson L57 Philippe Alliot L42 Riccardo Patrese L41 Alex Caffi L39 Andrea de Cesaris L38 Nigel Mansell L29 Alessandro Nannini L21 Philippe Streiff L9 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna active 6 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
78Lap 259.584km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 wins · GP #1
P4 Alain Prost 4 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P18 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Podiums
P1 Ayrton Senna 8 · GP #1
P6 Alain Prost 6 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P16 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L78 Senna · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Piquet · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Alboreto · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Alboreto ALB 3 Alboreto ALB Berger · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Berger BER 4 Berger BER Palmer · P15 → P5 · +10 15 Palmer PAL 5 Palmer PAL Capelli · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Capelli CAP 6 Capelli CAP Brundle · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Brundle BRU 7 Brundle BRU Fabi · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Fabi FAB 8 Fabi FAB Prost · P4 → P9 · -5 4 Prost PRO 9 Prost PRO Nakajima · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Nakajima NAK 10 Nakajima NAK Arnoux · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Arnoux ARN 11 Arnoux ARN Ghinzani · P20 → P12 · +8 20 Ghinzani GHI 12 Ghinzani GHI Fabre · P24 → P13 · +11 24 Fabre FAB 13 Fabre FAB Cheever · P6 → retired L59 Cheever · retired L59 6 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Warwick · P11 → retired L58 Warwick · retired L58 11 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Johansson · P7 → retired L57 Johansson · retired L57 7 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Alliot · P18 → retired L42 Alliot · retired L42 18 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Patrese · P10 → retired L41 Patrese · retired L41 10 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Caffi · P16 → retired L39 Caffi · retired L39 16 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF de Cesaris · P21 → retired L38 de Cesaris · retired L38 21 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Mansell · P1 → retired L29 Mansell · retired L29 1 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Nannini · P13 → retired L21 Nannini · retired L21 13 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Streiff · P23 → retired L9 Streiff · retired L9 23 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Boutsen · P9 → retired L5 Boutsen · retired L5 9 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Campos · pit lane → P25 · +2 — Campos CAM 25 Campos CAM Danner · pit lane → P26 · +2 — Danner DAN 26 Danner DAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 78 1:57:54.085 9
2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 78 +33.212 6
3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 78 +1:12.839 4
4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 8 77 +1 Lap 3
5 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 15 76 +2 Laps 2
6 16 Ivan Capelli March 19 76 +2 Laps 1
7 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 14 76 +2 Laps
8 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 12 76 +2 Laps
9 1 Alain Prost McLaren 4 75 Engine
10 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 17 75 +3 Laps
11 25 René Arnoux Ligier 22 74 +4 Laps
12 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 20 74 +4 Laps
13 14 Pascal Fabre AGS 24 71 +7 Laps
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 6 59 Overheating
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 11 58 Gearbox
R 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 7 57 Engine
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 18 42 Engine
R 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 10 41 Electrical
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 16 39 Electrical
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 21 38 Suspension
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 29 Turbo
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 13 21 Electrical
R 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 23 9 Accident
R 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 9 5 Transmission
W 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 0 0 Withdrew
D 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 0 0 Excluded
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
12 Ayrton Senna
3
6 Nelson Piquet
4
1 Alain Prost
5
27 Michele Alboreto
6
18 Eddie Cheever
7
2 Stefan Johansson
8
28 Gerhard Berger
9
20 Thierry Boutsen
10
5 Riccardo Patrese
11
17 Derek Warwick
12
19 Teo Fabi
13
24 Alessandro Nannini
14
9 Martin Brundle
15
3 Jonathan Palmer
16
21 Alex Caffi
17
11 Satoru Nakajima
18
30 Philippe Alliot
19
16 Ivan Capelli
20
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
21
8 Andrea de Cesaris
22
25 René Arnoux
23
4 Philippe Streiff
24
14 Pascal Fabre
PIT
23 Adrián Campos pit lane start
PIT
10 Christian Danner pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15